THE RESCUERS FROM SALT LAKE SAW THE DIRE NEED OF THE HANDCART IMMIGRANTS AND ENCOURAGED THEM TO GO FORWARD TO DEVIL'S GATE WHERE THERE WERE SOME SUPPLY WAGONS WITH FOOD AND CLOTHING WAITING FOR THEM. THESE THINGS WOULD KEEP THEM ALIVE.
THERE WERE 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AND THE WAGONS WERE NOT ABLE TO GET TO THEM. ON NOV. 2, 1856, THE MARTIN HANDCART COMPANY FINALLY MADE IT TO DEVIL'S GATE. THE STORMS NEVER LET UP SO THEY DECIDED TO MOVE EVERYONE TO MARTIN'S COVE WHERE THERE WAS SOME RELIEF FROM THE SNOW AND WINDS. IT WAS ABOUT 2 1/2 MILES AWAY.
THE IMMIGRANTS STAYED IN MARTIN'S COVE FOR 6 DAYS. THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 11 DEGREES BELOW ZERO IN THE COVE. MANY DIED AND WERE BURIED AND THE SUFFERING WAS BEYOND COMPREHENSION.
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